Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 拗

stubborn; perverse; contrary

(dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)

(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

variant of 拗 (ào)

(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)

hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding

(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. (ngē-áu))
Taiwan pr. (yingào)

stubborn; willful; pigheaded
Taiwan pr. (zhiáo)

to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)

can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)

san'ao decoction (TCM)

tongue twister